UPDATE: Drug smuggler sentenced to 5 years in prison

8:02 PM,
Oct. 4, 2012

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Pacific Daily News
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A woman who confessed that she mailed drugs from California to Guam has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison.

Tina Maria Silva pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, or "ice" in August, and she was sentenced during a District Court of Guam hearing on Thursday.

Silva was initially arrested in July, and federal court documents filed at that time alleged that she had been sent 26 drug-filled packages to Guam over a six month period. However, in her plea agreement, Silva only admitted to ...